RELI 430 - The Sacred Event: Ritual Space and Time

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: EN 132 , RELI 241 This course explores theories of religious ritual, space and time, and reflects on what constitutes, constructs, and configures the sacred event. The course will apply these theories to survey a diversity of sacred rituals, spaces and times within various religious contexts. Themes to be covered during the semester include pilgrimage, shared and contested sacred events, sacred space and civil religion, gender and the sacred event, and the construction of new sacred spaces.